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MMJ in journalism stands for Multi-Media Journalist. Due to the landscape of journalism changing rapidly through technology, journalist now have to master a wide range of skills in which they can relay on to communicate their stories. Multi-media journalism must have strong writing skills, a strong understanding of social media, editing and video shooting skills, along with story telling skills. It is rare in newsrooms today to find a journalist who is proficient in one area. The need for all journalist to have many skills is becoming more important as technology changes and evolves.

Media Convergence is another aspect of the new news landscape that journalist must understand. Converging print, broadcast and online news is vital to keeping journalism alive and well. Living in a mostly online world, being able to write for the web, and create content for the web (videos, polls, ect.) is becoming vital for journalist.